Version 1 - using Video scribe, instructor working alone

Version 2 - using Video scribe, after a consultation with LTS

Version 3 - Video produced by LTS

Narrative

I started by exploring the potential for Video Scribe  to help make a sticky teaching point clearer for students. I chose a topic that I have found students typically struggle with and used the software to present the idea in a different way. Ironically the topic I chose was about difficult, or Threshold concepts.

When I created the first version I wasn't intending this to be a stand alone resource. I anticipated using it either in a face to face class backed up with further explanation or as part of the online element of my course, backed up with a scholarly article.

It took about 3 hours to create the video from start to finish. The video was only 3 minutes long on total.

I showed the video to Bert Imai in LTS, and he advised me on ways to improve it. By the end of our one hour consultation, I decided to change the nature of the video. Instead of creating something that would be used in addition to my usual explanation, I would try to make a video that was stand alone. I still anticipate providing further resources on Threshold Concepts and discussing the idea in a face to face class, but the video itself can be regarded as a separate artefact.

Bert's advice was to use a script. In my first version I had a bullet list of points I wanted to make listed beside each image. In the second version I wrote out the script word for word.

I was also advised to give the video more structure. The second version has an introduction and a summary. This seems to make it more formal, but also longer.

Bert suggested that the use of the example at the end of the video did not work well for him as a learner. I therefore changed the design so that the example is now woven into the discussion about the theory as the video progresses. This added considerably to the video length, the second version being twice as long as the first.